10 Most Widely Spoken Languages In The World


Bangalore: Every year 21st February is celebrated as International Mother Language Day with an aim to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. Taking this opportunity, let us check out the 10 most widely spoken languages in the world, as compiled by Ethnologue Survey.

1. Mandarin:
With over 1.2 billion speakers spread across the world, Mandarin is the most spoken language by the people of the world. It is one of the many Chinese languages, which include Cantonese and Xiang, in the Sino-Tibetan language family. Mandarin is the widely spoken language among Chinese languages, and is the official language of Chinese mainland and Taiwan. It is also one of four official languages of Singapore. The major populations of Mandarin speakers in the United States and Europe are mainly attributed to the large scale immigration from both Chinese mainland and Taiwan. In Mandarin, there are only two writing systems-Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.

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